Garment-collar



(No Model.)

C. P. HENNING.

GARMENT COLLAR.

Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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IINTTnn STATES PATnNT @Trice CHARLES F. IIENNING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARNIENT-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,289, dated February 5, 1889.

Application tiled August 4, 1888. Serial No. 281,932` (No model.)

To all 10710711/ it may con/cern:

.Be it known that I, CHAnLEs F. I'IENNING, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garmcnt- Collars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, rei'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in collars vfor ladies eloaks, fur capes, coats, and other similar garments.

The object of the invention is to provide means for holding the front points or ends of the collar, where the same open at the neck, at several. dilferent angles or positions-as, for instance, either closed against the neck, half-way open, or'tnrncd back against the body of the garment.

A device embodyin my invention embraces as its main or principal feature two fiat metal plates attached to the body of the garment and to the lfoldin, part ol' the collar, said plates being connected by a hinged joint embracing a spring attached io one plate and arranged to bear upon one or more fiat faces of a part attached to the other plate, so that the plate attached to the collar may be held at any desired angle, determined by the position of the said fiat face or faces, while at the same time the collar may be easily turned or moved by simple pressure on the plate connected therewith. The plates referred to will commonly be placed between the layers of material composing the garment.

The invention consists in the maiiers hereinafter described, and pointed out iu the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l. is a perspective view of the upper part oli' a garment, showing the standing collar in its ii'itermediate position, the collar being shown in dotted lines as closed against the neck.- Fig. 2 Ais a plan or face view of one end of the collar and the adjacent part of the body of the garment, the outer layer of the garment being broken away to show the hinged plates. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section of the hinged plates.

Fig. -i is a similar section showing a modified form of the same.

As shown in the said drawings, A is the body of the garment, B the collar, and l) h the end parts or points of the collar, the position of which is controlled by the device constituting my invention.

C is a metal plate attached to the body ot' the garment adjacent to the end portion, ZJ, of the collar.

I) is another plate attached to the said part b of the collar.

The plates C and D are flat or approxi matel y so, and may be secured to or between the layers of cloth or other material compris# ing the garment in any desired manner-as, for instance, the plates may be provided with holes c c d ffl and sewed tothe garment in the manne-r'illustrated. The said plates C and I) are hinged together or pivotally connected with each other by means of a pivotpin, E, passing through eyes or knuckles on the plates in themaiinerof an ordinary hinge. The pivotal axis of the plates is arranged to coincide as near as possible with the line of fold of the collar, so that in turning the ends of the collar or folding the entire collar the plate will flex or bend with the collar, and their presence will not be noticeable to the eye.

he pivot-pin E is rigidly connected with one of the plates-in this instance the plate D, which is attached to the collar-and the other plate, (i, Ais` provided with a spring or spring-arm, F, which bears against a part of said pivot-pin which is exposed at the central part ot the hinge. Such exposed part of the pin (indicated by E in the drawings) is made larger 'than other parts of the pin, and is provided with Hat faces c c2, adapted 'to be engaged. bythe sprin F as the plate D is turned or moved. When the spring is pressing against one of said ilat faces, some little pressnre is required to turn or move the plate, and ii; follows that the said spring, in combination with the pin provided with hat faces, in the manner described, serves as a means of holding the plates C and I) at a desired angle with each other and the ends h of the collar in a desired position when the plate C is held immovable by its attachment to the body of the IOO garment when the latter is on the person of the wearer.

The part E of the pin, E is shown in the drawings, 'Fig'. 3, as provided with three 'flat faces adapted to hold the ends ot' the collar closed or standing' against the neck in a position inclined or Haring' outwardly and in an intermediate position. A l'reater or less number ot' such flat taees may, however, be used to afford a desired number o l' positions in the eollarwas, for instance, I have shown in YFie'. ta plate ha ving' two itat surfaces :nlz'zpted to hold the collar either closed or standing' partially open.

The spring F is shown as having the torni of a fiat leaf-spring' riveted to the plate C. The particularconstruction in the joint illustrated, although a simple and desirable one, is not essential, and any one of a number of Well-known :t'orms ot' joint, embracing' a part attached to and moving' with one plate and having' flat surfaces or made oi' cam shape anda spring or spring-actuated part acting' upon the flat or cam surfaces ot said part to hold the same in a desired position or posii tions, maybe employed in place olf the pal'- l ticuiar joint herein shown. l I claim as my inventionj The combination, Awith the main part or i body oit a garment and the collar thereof, oi' i hinged plates attached to the body and the j collar, one ot' said plates being' provided with a flat surlaee or surfaces adjacent to its pivf otal axis, and the other with a spring-actuated l* part bearing' upon said fiat surface, substanf tially as described, i In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention. I affix mysignaturein presence ot' two witnesses.

i CHARLES F. i'I'ENNIh IVitn esses:

C. Greif-ENCE PooLE, l F. W1 JENKINs. 

